Russian President Vladimir Putin holds an operational meeting with permanent members of the Russian Security CouncilMOSCOW, Apr 7 Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in an interview with Sky News that there was no chance that Vladimir Putin would end up on trial for war crimes. a question from a leading TV channel about «whether Putin is worried that he will end up in a war crimes court.» Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and , on March 25, completed the main tasks of the first stage — significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
